Dancing Nines Quilt Tutorial

I follow a blog by Bonnie Hunter called Quiltville’s Quips & Snips.  Bonnie designed a quilt called Dancing Nines and shared a tutorial.  There is a link to print a .pdf if you’d like.  Bonnie calls herself a hopeless scrapaholic and this quilt is a fine example.  It uses mostly all scraps.  A fabulous way to bust out your saved treasures and use them up!

Dancing Nines Quilt

Here is the basic component and the Dancing Nines block.  It is a nine-patch of 2″ blocks framed on two sides with a sashing.  Four of those components make an 11″ block.  I believe Bonnie did not use scraps for the frames, so the quilt has some continuity.  Here is the overall layout for a 54″ x 54″ quilt:

I love the piano keys border as well as the nine-patches in each corner.  Here is a close up of Bonnie’s backing, binding and how it was quilted.

I have issues with square quilts, so I know I would change the layout.  I probably would not make it 4 blocks by 4 blocks.  My preferred size is a baby quilt so I would most likely use the smaller components for a similar look.

If you have stash drawers like I do, this would be a fabulous use for them!

These are all extra binding strips . . . just the perfect size.  Hmm, this one needs to go on the list . . . soon.

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